Tenute Dettori Dettori Bianco 2020

Drink now or cellar for up to 7 years. Serve chilled.

With stunning views looking out over the Gulf of Turritano and the nearby island of Corsica, Tenute Dettori is set close to the town of Sennori in Sardinia’s northwestern corner. Wine has been made here for over 3000 years and Alessandro Dettori and his father today continue this ancient tradition making just 55,000 bottles of artisanal wines from their 29 hectares of vines.

Alessandro is a passionate supporter of the biodynamic farming movement, and all of the work done on the estate aims to interfere with nature as little as possible. The grapes are grown without any use of chemicals and harvested by hand, and vinification is done using wild yeasts and minimal sulphites. Even their packaging has been carefully designed to minimise weight and to use recycled materials wherever possible.

The family works only with typical indigenous grape varieties like this Vermentino which is considered Sardinia’s flagship white wine. Fermentation takes place in small cement tanks and the wine is left to age for 2-3 years here before bottling. The result is a truly unique and characterful Vermentino with a complex flavour profile boasting dried figs, ripe tropical fruit, and bready notes. On the palate there’s a medium body, gentle tannins and a very long finish with delicate notes of bitter almonds and stone fruit.